A consensus choice for a major-party presidential nomination is exceedingly rare.

When no incumbent was running, the only precedent for a consensus choice in the entire post-World War II era is Richard Nixon in 1960. This impressive feat was nonetheless achieved with some difficulty and embarrassment.

The larger lesson from 1960 is that even a rare consensus nomination does not come easily.

With the caucuses coming just before that Ready For Hillary rally Saturday, I'm surprised there wasn't a little more outreach. With every other politician on the planet urging people to attend, wouldn't it have been nice and civic-minded of Hillary to remind Iowans about caucus night? A tweet would have cost zero and would have been the story of the night.

Still got 2 hours and 15 minutes to prove me wrong. And I promise to stop being critical if she can get one of her snow shovelers from 2008 over to my house right now.